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Rachael Denhollander: 'For 16 years, I was waiting for my chance to be able to take control of the narrative’

Warning: This video discusses experiences of sexual abuse.

In 2016, Rachael Denhollander became the first woman to publicly accuse the USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual assault.

Her stand led to hundreds of other women coming forward to tell their stories of how Nassar had also abused them under the guise of medical treatment - a situation that has been described as the biggest sex abuse scandal in sports history.

Their testimony, as well as the discovery of tens of thousands of child sexual abuse images on his computer, eventually led to his imprisonment.

Rachael talks to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour presenter Emma Barnett about why she decided to come forward and how she thinks this case will impact the future of training children in gymnastics.

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